Metal bucket used for boiling water over a campfire
For the dolls or icons called Billycan, see billiken.
A billycan is an Australian term for a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket[1][2][3] commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire[4] or to carry water.[3] It is commonly known simply as a billy, or occasionally as a billy can (billy tin or billy pot in Canada).
^Black, S. J. S. 2010 "Tried and Tested": community cookbooks in Australia, 1890–1980. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics
^Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (27 November 2014). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 9781317625117 – via Google Books.
^ abFarrell, Michael. "Death Watch: Reading the Common Object of the Billycan in 'Waltzing Matilda'". Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 10 (2010)
^"National Museum of Australia - Billy". National Museum of Australia.
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